Sentences with phrase «number of plastic bags»

Oregon has a great opportunity to become a national leader in reducing the number of plastic bags that flow through our waste system and out into our environment.

IKEA projects that the number of plastic bags used by their U.S. customers will be reduced by at least 50 % from 70 million to 35 million in the first year.

The Plastic Free campaign says the number of plastic bags sold in Bulgaria has doubled since 2010, from less than 5 kg per person in 2010 to 10 kg in 2016 — equivalent to 2 - 3 plastic bags per person every day.

Scientists say the number of plastic bags strewn on the ocean floor has gone down by 30 % since fees were added.

Store owners would get to keep the fee, which is intended to force consumers to bring reusable bags and cut the number of plastic bags sent to landfills.

Marine scientist Kevin McAllister, founder and president of water quality advocacy group Defend H20, called the number of plastic bags stuck in tree branches and scattered on local beaches «omnipresent.»

As the holiday shopping season hits its peak, not only are consumers buying lots of gifts, they are accumulating an incredible number of plastic bags.

According to the latest figures from IRI, a leading provider of FMCG market intelligence and predictive, actionable insight, government targets to reduce the number of plastic bags used by English shoppers has not only been met, but exceeded.

Not exact matches

That plastic sheet might be converted into any number of seemingly unrelated products: a flexible bag to package nuts for retail sale; a liner (officially a «geomembrane») meant to sit atop a water reservoir; or a vapour barrier used in walls in newly built residential construction projects.

On the other hand, a sack lunch is often a number of lunch components packed in separate disposable or reusable plastic bags or storage containers and carried in a sack or... MORE lunchbox.

These bags may be made of any number of materials from cotton and hemp to other food - safe plastic - like alternatives.

(There are a number of exemptions built into New York's policy, including for plastic produce bags, and restaurant and street - vendor carryout bags.)

«It is very important that New Yorkers dramatically cut their use of plastic bags, and we recognize that a small number of businesses that process or distribute single - use bags may be negatively affected if we are successful in accomplishing that goal,» the pair said in a statement to the Observer.

Since then, Lewis, once head of the former activist group ACORN, and City Hall have battled on a number of issues, including the 5 - cent plastic - bag fee, which she opposes and the mayor supports.

Ms. Chin called plastic bag litter «one of the most pervasive environmental problems facing our city today,» claiming New Yorkers use 5.2 billion plastic bags per year: a mass that requires an annual $ 10 million in city funds to transport to landfills.The bill aims to reduce the number of bags used by up to 90 percent.

They successfully constructed a prototype of a bag made from a number of stainless steel plates, stuck on to a light, flexible plastic sheet.

Although plastic bags are the most obvious, there are a number of other one - time - use items that we encounter on a daily basis that are unnecessary and can easily be avoided, including:

The Welsh government introduced a 5p charge on plastic bags in October 2011, reducing the number handed out at tills by 90 per cent and raising tens of thousands of pounds for good causes.

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Any regular medications and cycle the contents frequently so they do not expire; and in a waterproof plastic bag include copies of important documents such as vaccination records, licenses, proof of ownership, microchip registration number, medical insurance papers, and your pet's veterinary contact information.

For insectivores, I shake a pinch of multivitamin and a pinch of calcium in a plastic bag with the number of crickets appropriate for one meal.

An unknown number of animals are killed every year when they become entangled in pieces of string or plastic bags, or consume floating trash.

These systems are created from a singular material, recycled plastic bags, and their growth rate is determined by the number of bags accumulated in an official recycling bin at each site.

This type of playful, assembled sculpture popped up at a fair number of booths: there were Harry Dodge's broomstick - punching bag - whatever - he - could - find - sculptures at Wallspace; Michael Budny's faux - paintings covered in semi-transparent plastic sheeting at Galerie Nächst St. Stephan Rosemarie Schwarzwälder; and Arlene Shechet's ceramic, brick, and steel sculptures at Sikkema Jenkins.

We explored the material selections in a number of shows that opened in early November: papier - mâché, plywood, polaroids, plastic bags and works on black and white paper all appeared in the same week of openings.

A charge has worked well to reduce the number of plastic grocery bags.

Taiwan's Environmental Protection Agency, in cooperation with a number of environmental organizations, proposed an ambitious 12 - year timeline Tuesday to eliminate four types of single - use plastics — takeaway beverage cups, drinking straws, shopping bags and disposable tableware — by 2030 to tackle plastic pollution.

By following a few simple steps, each and every one of us... can significantly reduce the number of plastic shopping bags entering our environment».

Judging by the numbers, this won't be a huge stretch for IKEA customers: last March, IKEA set a goal of reducing its US stores» plastic bag consumption by 50 %; after crunching some numbers, a whopping 92 % of IKEA customers went for the reusable bag over the pay - for - plastic option.

Currently, there are a number of local units of government across the state that have taken action to implement additional taxes and fees on businesses that not only use plastic bags, and auxiliary containers such as Styrofoam cups and cardboard boxes.

As George Monbiot has argued, the environmental movement's apparent obsession with plastic bags has turned the reusable tote into an icon of green living, even though its impact on our environmental footprint is negligible compared to cutting energy use, driving less, eating less meat, or any number of other actions.

It was part of a fan of junk from the floor of the car: gum wrappers, a crushed Tim Horton's cup, two quarters, a white plastic bag, a number of small stones, and pieces of what looked to be a broken floor mat.